Printing and delivery mechanism.



. PRINGLE.

Pafemed 001.1111916 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, I9l2.

,lllLlll PRINTING AND DELIVERY MECHANISM.

ATTORNEYS W.VA. PRINGLE.

PRINTING AND DELIVERY NIEcIIANIsIII.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. l9l2. 1,200,758. Patented om. 10, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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WILLIAM A. PRINGLE, 0F NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A 'CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PRINGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing and Delivery Mechanisms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

Asuch as will enable others skilled in the art Another object is to provide a printing and delivery mechanism that will be durable and compact in construction and practically automatic in operation.

A further object is to provide an improved form of delivery mechanism to printing presses which will count and deliver the sheets or cards in stacks in a predetermined number convenient for. subsequent handling.

Other objects will be in 4part-obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction here-- inafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of many various possible embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation, largely diagrammatic, of the complete machine; Fig. 2 is a viev/ of one of the cards as printed and cut by the particular mechanism herein shown; Figs. 3,"

4 and 5 are respectively a side elevation plan and end elevation of the delivery mechanism, certain'parts being shown in section or broken away for the sake of clearness, y Fig. 6 is a detailed view of a peculiar forniof shaft coupling; and Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line X-X of'Fi-g. 6,.` Similar reference characters refer to simi- Specication of Letters Patent.

PRINTING AND DELIVERY MECHAN ISM.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application led September 6, 191-27. Serial No. 718,797.

particularly to Fig. 1, 1 denotes a rolled web of paper rotatably mountedV upon bracketsfQ, carried by a standard 3. The web passes through suitable feed rolls 4 and under a tension roll 5, which is movable up .and down upon a rod 6 as the tension upon the web varies. The web then passes over feedA rolls 7 and enters at the top of thev This printing' printing press as shown. press comprises two side plates, only one of which, 8, is shown in the diagrammatic view, supporting therebetween -a pluralityl of printing and feed rolls to deliver the cards in their finished form at the lower end of the machine.

The web first passes between a set of printing and platen rolls 9, the printing roll being inked from a reservoir indicated at 1l. This particular set prints the name of the restaurant where the checks are subsequently used, upon the reverse side of the web at a plurality of points, according to the num,

ber of checks into which the card is subsequently divided, so it will finally appear on vthe back of each check. The web then passes over suitable feed rolls 12 and through a second set of printing and platen rolls 13 which prints the directions for use and'numbers to be punched upon the obverse side. lImmediately beneath this printing mechanism are two revolving numbering heads 14 and 16 coacting with a single platen roll 17. These numbering heads, which are auto` matic in their operations, are designed to print the serial number of the check at a plurality of points; that is,l the numbering head 14 prints the serial number C11 upon the stub portion of ,the`- check, for example, while thenumbering head 16 prints the same number upon the body portion of the with two sets of numbers', that is, 1.8' and 19, one of which p'rintsthe odd numbers and the other the evennumbers'. Thus the num bering device 18, for instance, .will print C1C3, etc.,l while the numbering device 19 will print C4, C6, etc. This-construction not only permits va more rapid operation f 'i of the machine, but also permits a larger roll with a platen roll 23 similar in const l to be used upon which the mechanism `may be more conveniently mounted. The'webis then deliveredto another printingimechanism immediately below comprising ltwo sets of numbering heads, 21 and-[22, vcoacting l ction and operation to those just described. This mechanism 'puts the department letter or number upon the stub and body portion of the checks as indicated by the letter A,*

Fig. 2. These numbering devicesare automatic in their operation and change as often as desiredl to print `otherletters and numbers in successiongals maybe necessary. All

' of these numbering-,heads are suitably inked from reservoirs 24 'of any well known or desired style. The web -then passes suitable feed rollers 26 to a set' of perforating rolls 27 whichmakes aline of perforations 28,- vFig. 2,separating the stub and body por' tions of the-check. Rolls 29 iron these perforations whereby the cardwill lie iiat when finally delivered.` Rolls- 31 immediately following slit, the web 'longitudinally into the desired number of checks. These slits 32 separate the web into the proper number of checks and are periodically interrupted adjacent the linesialong whichthe web will be subsequently cut in forming the cards, that is, slitters 33 Vupon the roll 31 have an interrupted portion 34, which vleaves an unslit portion in the web as'it passes therethrough. The web is then'cut transversely'by cutting mechanism 36between the adjacent ends of the slits 32.-v It will thus be seen that when the cards are finally delivered in stacks or piles 37, they will have anunbroken outer edge whereby alliive checks of each card may be more conveniently handled. These cards, whichare usually delivered in piles of fifty, are placed in af stapling machine (not shown) which binds them together, as indicated bythe staples 38. vThe stack is then passed to a trimming machine which cuts along the slits at both top and bottom, thus separating the pile into ve distinct pads.

As above stated, the web is cut by the rolls 36. into separate cards, or sheets of cards,

. is such as to urge the cards also toward a cards, may be successively positioned.

the dotted line 39 at the ends of A guide plate 43 is prefer- -automatically between each convolution thereof. Y v l 4 The, cards are supported and guided on edge by Ameans of rods or shafts 44 which entirelen h'to urge the cards toward the right orl eliver end, as shown in Fig,l 4. f The direction o rotation'of these shafts 44 side guide shaft, 46 along the rear side of the delivery mechanism. This maintains Vthe edgesof the'cards in alinement whereby they '-may be more convenientlyd grasped and handled in stacks later. The shafts 44 .and

any suitable gear- 46 are geared together by e proper speed and sitioned therebetween with the 'center- ,slightly above the top edge of the card.

When fifty or any other predetermined number of cards: have been urged against the edge of therst complete convolution, the conveyer 48 suddenly completes its revolution and carries the stack 37 a distance to the right equal to the pitch of the conveyer whereupon a second stack, or pile of fifty If the.` conveyer were continually and gradually turned .there Vwould be some chance of having either toomany orl not enough cards each pile. It is therefore desirable to provide a mechanism which will gradually turn the lconveyer through sub'- stantially seven-eighths of a revolution and then hold it until the Vproper number of cards' are delivered, whereupon it will be suddenly released to have the sharp end 49 dropped downbetween the fiftieth and fiftyfirst card. simple and practical mechanism for accomplishing this desired result is shown vmore clearly in Figs. 6 and 7. The end of the shaft 46, which may be considered the driving shaft, being connected with the printing press mechanism in any desired manner, is provided with a beveled gear 51 at its left hand end which meshes with a similar gear 52 mounted -upon a shaft at right angles thereto, having a worm 53. This worm meshes with a gear wheel 54 Vmounted .at the outer end of the conveyer shaft carrying the conveyer 48. Instead, however, of providing a rigid connection, there is a yielding or spring connection as shown in Fig. 6, that is, the central part of the gear 54 is provided with a. sleeve 56` which fits over the reduced portion 57 of the conveyer shaft 48. Between the sleeve 56 and the reduced portion 57 is wound a spiral spring 58. It Iwill thus be seen that the driven shaft 48 is yieldingly connected with the driving gear 54 and is rotated 130 'are very finely threaded throughout their thereby only after the spring assumes its normal driving tension.

Connected with the sleeve 56 is a trip.5'9. which is adapted to coact with a pawl 61 forced into contact with the shaft 48 bya spring 62. The end of the pawl 61 is provided with a catch 63 adapted to engage the recess 64 in the shaft 48 and hold the same against rotation until the catch'is raised and released by the trip The recess 64 is so positioned in the shaft- 48 with relation to the sharp end 49 of the conveyer as to hold the end 49 slightly above the top of the cards as delivered. 0f course, as this shaft 48 is held against rotation, the spring 58 will gradually tighten until the trip 59 releases the pawl 61. The shaft 48 then suddenly turns under the action of the spring 58 while assuming its normal degree of tension, thus allowing the end 49 of the conveyer to separate the cards at exactly the desired point. It is, of course, to be understood that suitable mechanism may be provided, where necessary, to set the delivering mechanism in registry with the printing mechanism, that is, the conveyer shaft 48 should complete its revolution immediately after the card numbered C50, for ex? ample, has been delivered from the conveyer 42.

As the operation of this machine is believed to be clear from the above description, a repetition thereof will be omitted. It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical device, particularly adapted t0 accomplish, among others, all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a I limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specie features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language; might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means ada ted to print and feed a web, means for slittlng the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and meansadapted to assemble a plurality of then severed sections with corresponding ends of the longitudinal slits of `respect1ve sections substantially in alinement.

2. In an apparatus of the iharactir described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections in a stack with corresponding ends of the longitudinal slits o f respective sections substantially in a slngle plane extending through the depth of said stack.

In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits7 means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections and aline, respectlvely, adjacent edges of said sections.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent sl1ts, means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections in a stack, and means adapted to deliver said stack.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to prlnt and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections, and means adapted to delivera predetermined number of said sections respectively uniformly alined in a stack.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections, and means adapted to deliver a predetermined number of said sections in a stack having adjacent edges of said sections respectively in alinement.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and means comprising a rotary screw` conveyer whereby successive severed sections are fed to aline respectiveV print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, means for severing the web transversely betweentlie ends of adjacent slits, a rotary screw conveyer, and al guide coperating with said conveyer to cause severed sections of said web to be assembled in alinement. e

9. In an apparat-us of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed aaveb, means for slitting the web longitudinally at` intervals, means for .severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, a set of rotary screw conveyers adapted to feed successive severed sections of said web, means adapted to urge said severed sections in a common edgewise direction, and an alining guide.

10. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, .means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slittingthe web longitudinally at intervals, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, a set of rotary screw conveyers adapted to feed successiveV severed sections of said web, and a guide coperating with said conveyer to cause respective edges of successive sections to be alined, said guide comprisingmeans adapted to urge said severed sections 1n a common edgewise directign against an alining guide to aline 4 edges of said sections respectively adjacent said first edges.

11. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby a plurality of said severed sections are assembled, and means coacting with said last means adapted to deliver said plurality of sections in a stack.

l2. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted tov print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby a plurality of said severed sections are assembled` and means coacting with said lastv means adapted to deliver said plurality of sectionsin a stack of a predetermined number.

13. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of'adjacent slits, means whereby a plurality of said severed sectionsv are assembled, means adapted to aline respective adjacent edges of said sections, and means adapted to deliversaid plurality of sections in a stack.

' 11. In'an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web,'means for slitting thel web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing vthe Iweb transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby `'a plurality of said severed sections are assembled, means adapted to aline vrespective adjacent edges of said sections, and means adapted to deliver said plurality of sections in a staclr of .-1- predetermined number.

15. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print andfeed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby a plurality of said severed sections are assembled, and means comprising a set of rotary screw conveyers adapted to segregate a plurality of said sections and deliver the same in a uniform stack.

17. In an apparatus ofthe character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally atintervals, leaving web material between the ends 'of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the .web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby a plurality of said severed sections are assembled, and means adapted to segregate a predetermined number of said sections and discharge the same in a uniform stack.

18. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means whereby a plulrality of said severed sections are assemconveyer adapted to complete `a revolution at a predetermined time to segregatea predetermined number of said sections and discharge the same in a uniform stack.

the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, and

means adapted to cut the web into cards transversely between the ends of the slits.

20. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means adapted to perforate the webl transversely at intervals, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits across the line of perforation, and means-adapted to cut the web into cards transversely `between theends of the slits.

21. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means adapted to perforate the web transversely atintervals,

means for slitting vthe web longitudinally at intervals across the line of perforation, means adapted to cut the web into cards transversely between the ends of the slits, and means adapted to assemble a plurality of said cards with their adjacent edges respectively in alinement.

22. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means-adapted to print and feed a web, means adapted to per.- forate the web transversely at intervals, means adapted to iron said perforations, means for slitting the web longitudinally at intervals across the line of perforation, and means adapted to cut the web into cards transversely between the ends of the slits.

23. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print and feed a web, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals leaving the web'intact between the ends-of the slits, means adapted to sever the web transversely into cards without intersecting the longitudinal slits, and means adapted tol assemble a plurality of the severed cards in a stack.

24. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally atintervals between said transverse printing points, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits,

. and means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections.

25. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to vprint a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse printing points, leaving web material between the ends of-adjacent longitudinal slits,l means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections respectively in alinement.

. 26..'In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at diferent points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse printing points, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the en ds of adjacent slits,

and means adapted to assemble a plurality of the. severed sections and aline, respectively. adjacent edges of said sections.

27. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals betweenk said transverse printing points, leaving web material scribed, in combination, means adapted to print a web at di'erent points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said trans verse printing` points, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinalI slits, means for severing the web-transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, means adapted to assembleaJ plurality of the severed sections, and means adapted to deliver a predetermined number of said sections in a stack.

. 29. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print-a web at' different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse printing points, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, and means comprising a set of rotary screw conveyers adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections.

30. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse printing points, means for sever ing'theweb transversely between the ends of lll ' alinement.

31. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse 'printing points, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitudinal slits, means for Severin the web transversely between 'the endsfo adjacent slits, means adapted to assemble a plurality of the severed sections, means adapted to move the severed sections transversely, and an alining guide member cooperating therewith to aline the side Iedges of the severed sections, respectively.

32. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transverselyA thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals between said transverse printing points, leaving web material between the ends of adjacent longitlidinal slits, means for severing the web transversely between the ends of` adjacent slits, and means adapted' to stack a plurality of the severed sections with respective printing and respective cut portions respectively in alinement through the stack.

33. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to print a web at different points transversely thereof, means adapted to slit the web longitudinally at intervals lbetween said transverse printing points, means for severing the web4 transversely between the ends of adjacent slits, assembling means for the severed sections, alining means for the severed sections, a rotary screw conveyer having a spiral ridge, i a sharp end on said spiral ridge, driving means for said rotary screw conveyer comprising a retard adapted to delay the rotation of said conveyer, and spring means adapted to cause said conveyer to move suddenly at a predetermined time, bringing the spiral ridge of said conveyer in lposition to feed severed sections.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. PRINGLE. 

